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Webster 1913 Edition

Menispermaceous

Menˊi-sper-ma′ceous

,

Adj.

[Gr.

μήνη

the moon +

σπέρμα

seed.]

(Bot.)

Pertaining to a natural order (

Menispermaceae

) of climbing plants of which moonseed (

Menispermum

) is the type.